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Stick Case Moth - Clania lewinii

Family Psychidae

This page contains information and pictures about Stick Case Moths that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Young case length 20mm  
 
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This Case Moths uses sticks of similar size attached in parallel around its silk case. We found this Case moth bag attached to a large Gum tree trunk. The caterpillar live inside the case. They make case with sticks of similar length.
 
 
 

Reference:
1. Moths of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p179.
2. Clania lewinii - Caterpillars of Australian Moths - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2007.

 

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